When it comes to pushing the envelope, it’s hardly up for debate that no one does it better than Michigan football‘s own Jim Harbaugh. So when he told reporters that there have been “preliminary conversations” about the Wolverines playing in Rome, I absolutely believe that this is a real thing.
Further, Harbaugh should give a genuine push for this to happen. It’s certainly not a hill worth dying on, but when everything you touch turns to gold, don’t keep your hands in your pockets.
The idea got kicked around by media members who were on hand for a sort of skills competition between Michigan football players and players from AS Roma, which is playing a soccer match at Comerica Park against Paris Saint-Germain F.